Clashmore
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Clashmore
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 7347
Site Number NC96SE 27
NGR NC 9999 6314
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7347
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NC96SE 27 9999 6314.
At NC 9999 6314 there is a heather-covered stony mound measuring 12.0m E-W by 14.0m transversely and 1.3m high, which, pending proof by excavation, must be considered to be a burial cairn.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 November 1964.
(NC 9999 6314) Cairn (NR)
OS 25"map, (1966)
Situated in low-lying ground adjacent to a watercourse is a heather-covered circular mound, 11.0m in diameter and 0.9m high. The profile is of a truncated bowl and 'cairn-like', with a number of rubble stones exposed around the rim, though the latter may be clearance from nearby early modern fields. Some fragments f friable stone are visible in rabbit scrapes on the summit, but these may have been broken down by weathering. No black earth can be seen. A settlement of hut circles occurs some 200m to the W (see NC96SE 28).
The mound is clearly man-made, and the most likely explanation is that it is a burnt mound though there is insufficient evidence to classify it with certainty as such.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 17 November 1981.
Field Visit (20 November 1964)
At NC 9999 6314 there is a heather-covered stony mound measuring 12.0m E-W by 14.0m transversely and 1.3m high, which, pending proof by excavation, must be considered to be a burial cairn.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 November 1964.
Field Visit (17 November 1981)
Situated in low-lying ground adjacent to a watercourse is a heather-covered circular mound, 11.0m in diameter and 0.9m high. The profile is of a truncated bowl and 'cairn-like', with a number of rubble stones exposed around the rim, though the latter may be clearance from nearby early modern fields. Some fragments f friable stone are visible in rabbit scrapes on the summit, but these may have been broken down by weathering. No black earth can be seen. A settlement of hut circles occurs some 200m to the W (see NC96SE 28).
The mound is clearly man-made, and the most likely explanation is that it is a burnt mound though there is insufficient evidence to classify it with certainty as such.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 17 November 1981.